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Balkans_VT_17a

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Copyrights Holder: CallFront
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: Balkans_VT_17
Author: Vincent Thérouin
Date: 825 H.; 1421 – 1422
Localization Exactitude Degree: Exact
Place of Production: Türkiye, Edirne province, Edirne
Present Location: mosque of Gazi Mihal, Edirne
Website Link: http://www.epigraphie-islamique.uliege.be/thesaurus/User/EpigraphyDisplay.aspx?id=9515&pan=1&st=TURQUIE-Edirne*&sc=5
Language: Arabic
Type of text: Foundation inscription
Text Content: (١) ‬أنشــأ ‬هذا المكان المبارك الأميرى الكبيرى
‮(٢) ‬عزّ‮ ‬نصره ميخال بن عزيز تكمّلت فى أيّام السلطان مراد
‮(٣) ‬بن محمّد بن بايزيد خان فى سنة خمس و عشرين و ثمانما[ئة‮] (‬ثمانمائة‮)‬
Script: Thuluth
Type of Object: architectural element\portal
Shape (Epigraphy): rectangular
Size (of the object): 75 x 150 cm
Technique: carved / bas-relief - flat relief
Bibliography: Ayverdi, Ekrem Hakkı. Osmanlı mi‘mārīsinde Çelebi ve II. Sultan Murad devri, 806–855 (1403–1451). Istanbul, 1972, p. 389.; Dijkema, F. Th. The Ottoman Historical Monumental Inscriptions in Edirne. Leyde, 1977, p. 17, no. 3.; Tüfekçioğlu, Abdülhamit. Erken Dönem Osmanlı Mimarîsinde Yazı. Kültur Bakanlıǧı Yayınları/2642, Yayımlar Dairesi Başkanlıǧı-Sanat Eserleri Dizisi/365, Ankara, 2001, p. 183, no. 4.41.

Script descriptor

See the lexicon

General Script Characteristics

Shape: rectangular
Internal Structure: partially interwoven; stacked
Groups of Characters Baseline: oblique
Presence of Elongation: occasional
Elongated Letters: yā’ rajiah; nūn, sīn/shīn, sād/ḍād, yā’, lām and qāf bowl
Length of Elongation: varied length of elongations
Ligature: Conventional - curvilinear
Shading / Contrast: medium contrast

Letter Morphology

Point: inclined square

Ascenders

Alif Ascenders: alif - vertical; alif - top right serif
Lām Ascenders: lām - vertical; lām - top right serif
Kāf Ascenders: Initial /medial compact form diagonal body
ṭā' ẓā' ascenders: rounded body; vertical shaft with serif

Descenders

wāw descenders: wāw - rounded tail
rā' zā' descenders: rā'/zā' - long flattened, tapered tail; rā'/zā' - s-shaped
mīm descenders: mīm - long flattened, tapered tail
nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders: deep bowl; nūn, sīn/shīn, sād/ḍād, yā', lām, qāf - elongated curvilinear flattened bowl
yā’ al-rāji’ah descenders: backward oblique stroke

horizontals

bāʾ tāʾ thāʾ fāʾ kāf horizontals: bāʾ, tāʾ, thāʾ, fāʾ, kāf - short curvilinear flattened bowl

denticles

sīn shīn denticles: rounded base denticles; elongated no denticles
initial and medial bāʾ tāʾthāʾ nūn yāʾ denticles: medial short pointed denticles; initial/medial slightly inclined to left

counters

hā' counters: initial / medial rounded double eyed (wajh al-hirr); isolated one-eyed triangular (murabba'ah); final s-shaped (muḥdawdibah)
fā' qāf wāw counters: rounded head
medial 'ain ghayn counters: wide inverted triangle
mīm counters: circular head

vocalization and diacritics

fatḥa kasra vocalization and diacritics: elongated stroke
ḍamma vocalization and diacritics: open eye; diagonal tail (40°-45°)
hamza vocalization and diacritics: small ‘ain
sukūn vocalization and diacritics: circle
shadda vocalization and diacritics: tall denticles

Image ID Entry: Balkans_VT_17a
Description: Portal, Edirne, 1421-1422, Thuluth
Photographer: Vincent Thérouin
Copyrights Holder: Vincent Thérouin
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Access Rights: Public